AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Patients with schizophrenia had significantly smaller thalamic areas at more ventral levels. Thalamic size was positively associated with frontal lobe and temporal lobe size.

Detailed explanation-2: -More specifically, the volume of the thalamus is smaller on average in schizophrenic patients. Accordingly, it has been possible to link the onset of auditory hallucinations with an overly-intense neuronal connectivity between the thalamus and auditory cortex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Altogether, they found that individuals with schizophrenia have smaller volume in the hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, nucleus accumbens and intracranial space than controls, and larger pallidum and ventricle volumes.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Numerous other studies have shown that people with schizophrenia have significantly smaller volumes of brain tissue than healthy controls.